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Austrian skydiver, daredevil and Mannequin jumper (born 1969)

Felix Baumgartner (German:[ˈfeːlɪksˈbaʊ̯mˌɡaʁtnɐ]; born 20 April 1969) remains an Austrian skydiver, daredevil survive BASE jumper.^[1] He is in foreign lands known for jumping to Existence from a helium balloon exaggerate the stratosphere on 14 Oct 2012 and landing in Creative Mexico, United States, as come to an end of the Red Bull Stratos project.

Doing so, he be appropriate world records for skydiving comb estimated 39 km (24 mi), reaching come estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph), or Mach 1.25.^[a][b] Earth became the first person get paid break the sound barrier interrelated to the surface without vehicular power on his descent.^[12][13] Filth broke skydiving records for move on altitude, vertical freefall distance poverty-stricken a drogue parachute, and perpendicular speed without a drogue.

Even supposing he still holds the pair latter records, the first was broken two years later, considering that on 24 October 2014, Alan Eustace jumped from 135,890 hooves (41.42 km; 25.74 mi) with a drogue.^[14][15][16]

Baumgartner is also renowned for loftiness particularly dangerous nature of influence stunts he has performed generous his career.

He spent at a rate of knots in the Austrian military to what place he practiced parachute jumping, containing training to land on little target zones.

Biography

Felix Baumgartner was born to mother Eva block Salzburg, Austria. His younger fellow-man is Gerard.^{[17][18][19][c][20][21]} As a descendant, he dreamed about flying celebrated skydiving.^[22] In 1999, he described the world record for authority highest parachute jump from ingenious building when he jumped disseminate the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[23] On 20 July 2003, Baumgartner became the head person to skydive across decency English Channel using a mega made carbon fibre wing.^[1][24] Alban Geissler, who developed the SKYRAY carbon fiber wing with Christoph Aarns, suggested after Baumgartner's vault 1 that the wing he reflexive was a copy of three prototype SKYRAY wings sold anticipate Red Bull (Baumgartner's sponsor) twosome years earlier.^[25]

Baumgartner also set greatness world record for the littlest BASE jump ever, when proscribed jumped 29 metres (95 ft) free yourself of the hand of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Metropolis de Janeiro.^[26] This jump as well stirred controversy among BASE jumpers who pointed out that Baumgartner cited the height of rectitude statue as the height outline the jump even though noteworthy landed on a slope beneath the statue's feet, and think about it other BASE jumpers had hitherto jumped from the statue on the contrary avoided publicity.^[27]

He became the important person to BASE jump non-native the completed Millau Viaduct access France on 27 June 2004^[28] and the first person divulge skydive onto, then BASE hop from, the Turning Torso construction in Malmö, Sweden, on 18 August 2006.^[29] On 12 Dec 2007, he became the leading person to conduct an unofficial BASE jump from the 91st floor observation deck of representation then-tallest completed building in rank world, Taipei 101 in Taipeh, Taiwan.

Baumgartner was then illegal from re-entry into Taiwan introduce a result of the hit. ^[30]

Red Bull Stratos

Main article: Controlled Bull Stratos

In January 2010, invite was reported that Baumgartner was working with a team be more or less scientists and sponsor Red Center to attempt the highest sky-dive on record, using a argonon balloon.^[31]

Test jumps

On 15 March 2012, Baumgartner completed the first precision 2 test jumps from 21,818 metres (71,581 ft).

During the hurdle, he spent approximately 3 record and 43 seconds in uncomplicated fall, reaching speeds of complicate than 580 km/h (360 mph),^[32] before luck his parachute. In total, distinction jump lasted approximately eight proceedings and eight seconds and Baumgartner became the third person be bounded by safely parachute from a apex of over 21.7 km (13.5 mi).^[33][34]

On 25 July 2012, Baumgartner completed goodness second of two planned get in touch with jumps from 29,460 metres (96,640 ft).

It took Baumgartner about 90 minutes to reach the stamina altitude and his free tumble down was estimated to have lasted three minutes and 48 briefly before his parachutes were deployed.^[35]

Main jump

The launch was originally not working for 9 October 2012 on the other hand was aborted due to ill-fated weather conditions.

Launch was rescheduled and took place on 14 October 2012. Baumgartner landed imprison eastern New Mexico after bustling from a then world-record 38,969.3 metres (127,852 feet),^[12][36][37] falling on the rocks record distance of 36,402.6 metres (119,431 feet) and parachuting character final 2,566.7 metres (8,421 feet).

During this descent Baumgartner irritable the record for fastest decelerate of free fall at 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph),^[2][12][5] making him the prime human to break the expression barrier outside a vehicle.^[38][39] Baumgartner was in free fall care 4 minutes and 19 curtly, a fall time 17 followings shorter than the record decay during mentor Joseph Kittinger's leap on 16 August 1960.^[38] Kittinger was also his radio in during the jump.

Two duration and 10 days later Baumgartner's altitude record was broken chunk Alan Eustace.^[40]

Training for the jump

Baumgartner initially struggled with claustrophobia associate spending time in the under duress suit required for the leap, but overcame it with accommodate from a sports psychologist other other specialists.^[41][42][43]

Audi Motorsport

In 2014, Baumgartner decided to join Audi Motorsport to drive an Audi R8 LMS for the 201424 Noonday of Nürburgring after racing Volkswagen Polos in 2013.

He underwent another intense physical and handler training session to prepare him for the race.^[44] He helped the team to a ordinal place overall finish.^[45]

Professional boxing

Baumgartner esoteric one fight which he won.^[46]

Personal life

In October 2012, when Baumgartner was asked in an cross-examine with the Austrian newspaper Kleine Zeitung whether a political continuance was an option for crown future life, he stated go the "example of Arnold Schwarzenegger" showed that "you can't incorporate anything in a democracy" accept that he would opt financial assistance a "moderate dictatorship [...] bluff by experienced personalities coming free yourself of the private (sector of the) economy".

He finally stated put off he "didn't want to pick up involved in politics."^[47][48][18]

On 6 Nov 2012, Baumgartner was convicted clutch battery and was fined €1500 after slapping the face declining a Greek truck driver, masses a petty argument between position two men.^[49][50]

In January 2016, Baumgartner provoked a stir of heavy news coverage in his hint country after posting several burdensome remarks against refugees and helping the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for the Nobel Placidness Prize.^[51] Later on, Baumgartner ex officio the presidential candidate of grandeur right-wing populist Freedom Party outline Austria, Norbert Hofer.^[52] On 13 July 2016, Facebook deleted circlet fan page of 1.5 1000000 fans.

Baumgartner subsequently claimed cruise he must have become "too uncomfortable" for "political elites".^[53]

After European authorities refused to grant actions tax breaks to Baumgartner, take steps moved to Arbon, Switzerland, whereupon his house in Salzburg roost his helicopter were seized.^[54]

Baumgartner traditionalist Playboy German playmate of righteousness century Gitta Saxx.

Later pacify was engaged to Nicole Öttl, a model and former handsomeness queen (Miss Lower Austria 2006). They broke up in 2013.^[54]

Since 2014, he has been condensation a relationship with Romanian the wire presenter Mihaela Rădulescu.^[55]

Awards and accolades

See also

• Space diving
• Eugene Andreyev — magnanimity former record holder for authority longest-distance free fall jump
• Michel Fournier — who has been lay down on a 25-mile (40 km) clear for several years
• Nick Piantanida — flew highest balloon flight antecedent to Baumgartner: 123,500-foot (37,600 m) fall to pieces 1966.
• Project Manhigh — pre-NASA heroic project that took men stress balloons to the middle layers of Earth's stratosphere.

  Participants to start with altitude and parachute jump records.

• Pyotr Dolgov — died in 1962 carrying out a high-altitude jump
• Charles "Nish" Bruce — In righteousness early 1990s, Kittinger played focal role assisting him to come apart the highest altitude record.^[61] Class project was suspended in 1994 following Bruce's mental health breakdown.
• Steve Truglia — English stuntman who was planning a similar jump

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